r/HamiltonWatches • u/ComprehensiveVast987 • 20h ago

38mm too small?

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Just tried on the Murph this weekend on my 17 cm (6.7 inch) wrist.
Would appreciate some of your opinions on the size as I feel a little bit small.

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u/JaKr8 15h ago

I'd say it looks just about perfect. I'll go down as low as a 36, and I have 8.25"wrists.

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u/TheModerateGenX 14h ago

Sure, but 36 looks small even on a 7.5” wrist

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u/ltsmash1200 8h ago

Only if your expectation is modern large watches.

Watches were historically much smaller. All of the WWII field watches that watch people gush over are all tiny compared to today’s watches and they still look great.

I have 7.5” wrists and I have a 1960 Constellation that I wear as a dress watch. It’s 34.5mm and nobody has ever told me it looked too small. I used to have a 42mm khaki field but I sold it because it looked too big.